= fang, n.1 1.

The action of catch, v. (in various senses); an instance of this.

Seizure, capture; apprehension, arrest; the action of catching fish, game, etc. (see take, v. I.*).

Taking, catching, seizure, capture. Now rare.

The fact of seizing or taking forcibly, or by stratagem, or of being thus seized or taken; catching; seizure; arrest; esp. the seizing as a prize.

The act or fact of catching something (in various senses); esp. the act or fact of capturing, seizing, or grasping a person or thing, or of…

plural. The claws (or less usually in singular any claw) of a bird or beast. figurative.

The action of collar, v. in various senses; also attributive.